Integration of 6LoWPAN into IP networks draft-cansever-6lowpan-integration-00.txt

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Integration of 6LoWPAN into IP networks
draft-cansever-6lowpan-integration-00.txt

• Derya Cansever
• Geoff Mulligan
• Carl Williams

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Integration of 6lowpan networks

• The integration of 6lowpan networks with the
  Internet and wireless infrastructure networks
  increases the network capacity, coverage area and
  application domains.
• We provide various integration scenarios and
  discuss associated issues with such deployments.
• Work was funded by DoD project IPv6 Support
  for Net-Centric Operations Warfare

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Scenario 1

• Goal To monitor an area using a set of networked
  sensors.
• Sensor Network is deployed in a remote area (No
  direct connectivity to the outside world)
• An end user monitors the situation.

Army Network B
Marine Network A
Stationary sensor network
Stationary sensor network
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Scenario 2

• Unlike the previous scenario, the Sensor Network
  can be physically moving.

Network D
Network C
Network B
Network A
Moving sensor network
Moving sensor network
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Connectivity Strategy for remote 6lowpan network

• Wide Area IP Network

Marine Network A
SEND enabled router
NEMO client support
LoWPAN Border Router
LoWPAN
Wireless Sensor Nodes
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Conclusion

• 6LoWPAN networks may be deployed remotely in
  non-traditional scenarios.
• The IP layer has new requirements to be able to
  provide access to these 6LoWPAN networks via
  changing access networks and to do so in a secure
  manner.
• The usage of SeND and NEMO protocols allows
  6LoWPAN networks to be fully integrated into a
  dynamic mobile hetergenous network for ensuring
  global reachability to the individual 6LoWPAN
  nodes.